You stand shoulder to shoulder with brilliance

In the early morning, the birdsong outside the window shakes the leaves on the branches, and the dew on the leaves slides to the ground and seeps into the thick soil.

Keji came to the bedroom and put three sticks of incense on the censer in the window. Behind the smoky incense was a portrait. The person in the photo was still immature, with two shallow dimples when he smiled.

Keji stopped and watched for a while before turning back to the living room.

Fried dough sticks and a few meat buns were placed on the small dining table. Liu Chang untied his apron and came out of the kitchen with a bowl of hot soybean milk in one hand. Reluctantly, the only way to sit down is to spread your legs apart.

"Let's have breakfast," Liu Chang said to Keji to sit down, "I have a mission to dispatch the police later, so I may not be able to come back tonight."

"Well," Keji said lightly after getting used to it, "Be careful."

After breakfast, Ke Ji put away the dishes on the dining table, Liu Chang went back to the master bedroom, changed his clothes, walked into the kitchen, kissed Ke Ji on the forehead, and then opened the door to leave.

When walking downstairs, Liu Chang met Guan He.

"Instructor?" Guan He was slightly surprised. The two hadn't met for many years, but Liu Chang's tall figure and majestic demeanor still reminded him of each other immediately.

Liu Chang nodded, with the expression on his face like a soldier being trained, with a sense of seriousness in his might: "Are you here to see Teacher Ke?"

"Ah."

**

Liu Chang only had a brief chat with Guan He before leaving.

Guan He carried the fruits his mother bought from the morning market and continued to walk upstairs.

When he came to a wooden door, Guan He knocked lightly on the door. After a few times, the wooden door opened with a creak, and Ke Ji appeared in front of Guan He in home clothes.

"Teacher Ke."

"You're here," Keji smiled, "Long time no see."

Ke Ji welcomed Guan He into the house, and after being polite, he accepted the fruits Guan He brought. He picked a few big ones and took them into the kitchen to wash.

Guan He sat on the sofa in the living room and looked around. This is a small two-bedroom house. Feel the warmth of the house.

Ke Ji was the same as when the two first met ten years ago, except that he became more restrained and quieter, and there were not many other changes.

In Guan He's impression, Keji's feeling is most suitable to be described as quiet and peaceful, but anyone who really knows him knows that he has not lived peacefully these years.

Ke Ji came out of the kitchen holding a stainless steel bowl containing washed fruits, and after putting the bowl on the coffee table, he sat beside Guan He.

"How are you doing now? I met your mother not long ago, and she talked about your work. Is it going well?"

"Well," Guan He nodded, "The work is going well."

**

Even after so many years, seeing Ke Ji again, and recalling the previous experience, Guan He still remembers it fresh and feels uneasy.

The junior high school that Guan He attended was a key public school in the urban area, and it was among the best in the city in terms of the allocation of teachers and the teaching resources of the school.

Guan He remembered that on the first day of school, these young children who had just graduated from elementary school had a ignorant curiosity about the life in the school for the next three years, with some fear, but more anticipation.

Guan He was sent to the school by his parents. When his parents helped him arrange the dormitory, Ke Ji walked in.

"The two are Guan He's parents, right?" Ke Ji said with a smile, "I'm his head teacher, do you need my help?"

The first time Guan He saw Keji, he thought this teacher was really good-looking, with jet-black flowing black hair, big eyes, fair skin, and an air of elegance, as if walking out of a cartoon. The leading man came out.

As soon as Ke Ji left, Guan He's mother frowned: "This teacher is too young, and he must not have enough experience. I don't know if it's okay to let him be Xiao He's head teacher. Lao Guan, you have a good relationship with the principal. Let's go to him and let him help change shifts?"

Guan He's father said impatiently, "What are you doing all this for? I think Mr. Ke is pretty good and enthusiastic, and the key to this study is Xiao He himself. If you mess around at the beginning of school, you will give people a bad impression!"

His mother was not convinced: "What is tossing around? I did it for the good of Xiaohe..."

Guan He was too lazy to listen to his parents' arguments, so he left the dormitory by himself, went downstairs, and wandered in the small garden in the yard.

In any case, his first impression of Ke Ji was quite good. He felt that this teacher Ke's eyes seemed to be able to talk, and he had a natural affinity, which made people feel very comfortable.

Afterwards, Guan He didn't change his shift. When he thought about it many years later, he was also glad that he was not replaced.

**

Ke Ji is a normal student who has just graduated from university. His father used to be a mathematics teacher at the school. After he graduated, he entered this school to teach, teaching English, and at the same time shouldering the post of head teacher.

In fact, many teachers are reluctant to be class teachers in junior high schools, because the students in junior high school are relatively rebellious, and it is very tiring to take care of them. However, this teacher Ke seems to never get tired of it. From getting up in the morning to do exercises, to turning off the lights at night and going to self-study at night, he accompanied him all the way.

Later, Guan He was appointed as the class monitor by Mr. Ke, which was a great breakthrough in Guan He's life.

Originally in primary school, Guan He had always served as a study committee member because of his good grades, but when he came to junior high school, he was elected as the class monitor, which changed his life.

It is not an exaggeration to say this, because Guan He has thus become more outgoing, he has come into contact with more people, and the world he has come into contact with has become larger.

He who limited his world to only one table and chair slowly discovered the difference in the world.

After becoming the class monitor, Guan He was recommended as the vice chairman of the school's student union and the station master of the radio station. In addition, he was handsome and had excellent grades. For a while, he became a model of top students in the eyes of the teachers in the school. Man of the hour.

This halo has always shrouded him until the third year of junior high school.

**

At the beginning of the third year of junior high school, a transfer student came to Guan He's class.

A tall, thin, good-looking boy with a very outgoing personality.

This boy named Cao Xiang was a student who stayed in the first grade. He failed in the just-concluded preliminary exam, so he chose to repeat it.

This boy came to Guan He's class and completely changed Guan He's life.

At first, Guan He only found out that this boy was very popular. Many students wanted to have some fun in the boring study, but this Cao Xiang had many tricks. Whether it was sports, singing or street dancing, he was proficient in everything, and soon Yes, he became a popular figure that the students scrambled to get close to.

He almost never refuses anyone who comes. When all the classmates find him, he can find common topics between the two of them. Compared with Guan He, he is more approachable.

So those girls who used to hang around Guan He gradually moved closer to Cao Xiang, especially after the results of the mid-term exam in the last semester of the third year of junior high school were announced, and Cao Xiang's total score was only three points lower than that of Guan He, a bug-like existence. Many people choose to ask him for advice.

Guan He had a peaceful mind, and he never cared about these unimportant things related to study, but one day, Cao Xiang, who seemed to be in a different world from himself, came to him on his own initiative.

**

It was a sunny afternoon, Guan He was sitting in his seat doing a problem, at first he could only hear the sound from the tip of the pen, until a shadow fell from his head, the chair in front of him was pulled away, he Looking up, it was Cao Xiang.

Cao Xiang smiled brightly, with a youthful atmosphere unique to a boy of this age. He stretched out a hand to Guan He, and said, "Hi, my name is Cao Xiang, and you are Guan He, right? Please give me your advice in the future!"

Guan He was dazed at first, and then stretched out his hand to hold the other party in a daze. At that time, he found that the boy's hand was a little hot and sweaty.

**

Since then, the relationship between the two has skyrocketed.

Cao Xiang would always come to invite Guan He to play together.I went to play ball, go to the movies, go for a walk on the hill next to the school, and when I was bored in the evening self-study, I secretly went to the vegetable field next to the cafeteria to catch fireflies.

Guan He's heart was opened little by little.

He used to play ball and occasionally go to the movies, but he has never been so happy. He feels that every time he is with Cao Xiang is very exciting, which has never been given to him before.

He didn't know what kind of feeling it was, and he classified it as a novelty when he was in adolescence, until one evening, when he and Cao Xiang sat on the roof of the teaching building and watched the sunset together, Cao Xiang Xiang stared at him and said, "I really like you."

Then he brought his face closer and rubbed the tip of Guan He's nose with his own.

Guan He was completely empty at that time, and after a long time, he realized that the tip of his nose was itchy, and it had been itching into his heart.

**

"No, I have to talk to your teacher."

After looking at his final exam results last semester, Guan He's mother said worriedly: "Although you are still the first in your grade, your scores have obviously dropped compared to before."

Guan He glanced at the report card, his previous advantages over others were gradually eroding, and this time, Cao Xiang even ranked first in the grade with him.

Guan He's father persuaded: "Don't look for a teacher at every turn! You are also a teacher yourself, and you know what it means for parents to come to you!"

Guan He's mother was very angry: "What can I do if I don't look for it? Xiaohe is going to take the high school entrance examination soon, what if he can't get into the ideal high school?"

"Xiaohe's score is here, which high school in the city can't pass the exam?"

Guan He's mother got on her hips angrily: "Old Guan! What are you thinking?! There is still one semester left! What if Xiao He's grades continue to decline?! What if he doesn't get into the key class?! Have you ever thought about it?!"

"If you have something to say, don't put too much pressure on the child."

Guan He's forehead ached from hearing this, he picked up his schoolbag and went back to the room, staring at the small desk, he was in a daze for a while, then he walked over, fell asleep on his stomach, thinking about nothing.

The author has something to say:

Ke Ji and Liu Chang are the male protagonists of the next book, a people's teacher and an armed policeman. The background is Xi'an, and it will be a different story.